Dwight Chapin

Dwight Lee Chapin (2 December 1940-) was an American political organizer, businessman, and retired public servant who served as Deputy Assistant to President Richard Nixon.

Biography
Dwight Lee Chapin was born in Wichita, Kansas on 2 December 1940, and he was elected the head of the Tory Party at the American Legion's Boys State summer program in California in 1958. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1963, and he worked on Richard Nixon's campaign for Governor of California in 1962. In 1967-1968, he served as Nixon's personal aide during the presidential election, and Chapin joined Nixon's White House staff. During the Watergate scandal, Chapin worked with Donald Segretti to play "dirty tricks" on the Democratic Party. From 1968 to 1973, he served as the White House Appointments Secretary, and he was one of Nixon's behind-the-scenes agents. He served two years in a correctional camp, but he continued to make money in prison, and he re-entered the private sector after his release.